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Banská Bystrica
City population
74,590
#7
in Slovakia
#1
in Banska Bystrica Region
#7,732
worldwide
48.739, 19.149 · 164 km from Bratislava
About Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica is a city in Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia with a population of 74,590. It is the 7th largest of the 59 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Slovakia, and the 7,732nd largest worldwide. It lies 164 km from Bratislava.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 6
Coordinates
48.739, 19.149
Record updated
14 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 59 in SlovakiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.